Pub Date : 2024-09-14DOI: 10.1177/11771801241274775
Rob McMahon, Amy C Mack, Herman Many Guns
Tensions persist in co-designing appropriate forms of digital literacy with Indigenous peoples, particularly in contexts of settler colonialism. Given the historically extractive nature of many institutional research relations with Indigenous peoples, emphasis should be placed on community-led approaches to learn how people are adapting and adopting digital technologies. Through concepts like Niitooii (the same that is real; paralleling), Indigenous peoples offer guidance to ensure projects generate reciprocal benefits for both researchers and communities. In this context, our article documents a multi-year project to co-design a land-based camp blending Piikani (Scabby Robe People; an Indigenous People, prairie regions of Alberta, Canada and northern Montana, USA) First Nation culture with digital literacy pedagogies. Guided by Aapátohsipikáni (Northern Piikani, an Indigenous People, prairie region of Alberta, Canada) scholarship and research on Indigenous-settler relations and methodologies, we illustrate how our long-term, iterative project design generated good relations and moments of tension and transformation.
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Pub Date : 2024-08-23DOI: 10.1177/11771801241274790
Joel Nicholas Persaud (Jyekhwaå’) (Epekwitnewaq Mi’kmaq, Wapishana, Lokono
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Pub Date : 2024-08-02DOI: 10.1177/11771801241263601
Luciano Baracco
This article presents a biography of Chief Robert Henry Clarence, the last Hereditary Chief of the Mosquito Reservation— a historical territory formerly located on Nicaragua’s Caribbean Coast. In 1894, the reservation was militarily incorporated into Nicaragua. The following account shines a light on the Mosquito (the largest Indigenous tribe living in Mosquitia—an historical territory on Central America’s Caribbean Coast, stretching from Honduras to the northern parts of Coast Rica—who have been referred to as the Miskitu since the mid-20th century) perspective of the incorporation. This article draws on Foreign Office files (1894–1907) held by the National Archives in London, which contain correspondence from Chief Clarence and other Mosquito leaders. By focusing on a figure who has been obscured in the historiography on the reservation, the evidence produces a narrative of Mosquito political consciousness which contrasts with the disparaging depictions contained in British and North America diplomatic correspondence.
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Pub Date : 2024-08-02DOI: 10.1177/11771801241266620
Annie Te One, Clair Caird
This article examines references to tikanga Māori (Māori (the Indigenous Peoples of New Zealand) values) by New Zealand political parties. The article grounds itself in some of the wider debates relating to the incorporation and application of tikanga, Māori values, across New Zealand in both legal and political contexts, with particular review of legislative references. An analysis of New Zealand political party policies and constitutions from the 2020 General election showed that over half of the political parties who campaigned made some reference to tikanga, but there was great variation in how tikanga was interpreted. This article assesses some of the opportunities and complexities of New Zealand political party engagement with tikanga Māori.
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Pub Date : 2024-08-02DOI: 10.1177/11771801241263605
Cathy Fournier, Sabina Mirza, Karen Naidoo, Sheryl Green, Clay Shirt, Sarah Cameron, Suzanne L. Stewart, Stephen Gaetz
This article explores Endaayaang, which means a safe place where the heart and spirit feel at home, an Indigenous Housing First for Youth programme, located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The programme is informed by Elders, Traditional Knowledge Holders, Indigenous youth and Indigenous frontline workers and is grounded in Indigenous knowledges and worldviews. The programme helps unhoused Indigenous youth secure, safe and affordable housing, without preconditions. A unique aspect of this programme is creating opportunities for Indigenous youth to (re)connect to their Indigenous identity and culture. This includes providing access to Elders, ceremony and Indigenous teachings to help them find their way home. This research highlights the integral role of helping Indigenous youth (re)connect with their Indigenous identity and the importance of integrating ceremony, and Indigenous principles into Indigenous Housing First for youth programming. We also present an argument about the importance of diversifying and indigenizing Housing First for Youth in Canada to meet the specific needs of Indigenous and other marginalized and racialized populations accessing programming.
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Pub Date : 2024-07-24DOI: 10.1177/11771801241261699
Courtney Tennell, Kari AB Chew
This study focuses on perspectives and experiences of Indigenous community members who have either created or are in the process of creating computer-assisted language learning courses for Indigenous languages and how these community members center relationality in the creation of the courses. We engaged a decolonizing and relational methodology to document Indigenous language courses and co-create knowledge with Indigenous language course creators. We conducted qualitative interviews with creators of 11 asynchronous Indigenous language computer-assisted language learning courses to learn how these creators enact relationality and cultural values in online language courses. From analysis of these interviews, five key themes emerged related to: (a) language planning; (b) partnering with technology providers; (c) Indigenous expertise; (d) decolonizing praxis; and (e) relational epistemologies. The researchers share ways that communities can center relational epistemologies when creating their own computer-assisted language learning courses.
{"title":"Perspectives on relationality in online Indigenous language learning","authors":"Courtney Tennell, Kari AB Chew","doi":"10.1177/11771801241261699","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/11771801241261699","url":null,"abstract":"This study focuses on perspectives and experiences of Indigenous community members who have either created or are in the process of creating computer-assisted language learning courses for Indigenous languages and how these community members center relationality in the creation of the courses. We engaged a decolonizing and relational methodology to document Indigenous language courses and co-create knowledge with Indigenous language course creators. We conducted qualitative interviews with creators of 11 asynchronous Indigenous language computer-assisted language learning courses to learn how these creators enact relationality and cultural values in online language courses. From analysis of these interviews, five key themes emerged related to: (a) language planning; (b) partnering with technology providers; (c) Indigenous expertise; (d) decolonizing praxis; and (e) relational epistemologies. The researchers share ways that communities can center relational epistemologies when creating their own computer-assisted language learning courses.","PeriodicalId":45786,"journal":{"name":"Alternative-An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples","volume":"39 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141779418","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-07-24DOI: 10.1177/11771801241261715
Roger Davis
This paper examines the relationship between Australia’s Indigenous and settler colonial systems of democracy through the lens of deliberative systems theory. It suggests that the ongoing effects of colonialism have rendered Indigenous democracy largely invisible causing a harmful divide in Australia’s democracies. A pluralist conception of democracy is necessary to understand the disconnect between the two systems, evidenced by a striking absence of literature on Australian Indigenous democracy. In response, this paper first theorizes a conceptual framework of a concurrent deliberative system, then describes the Indigenous deliberative system and the colonial system’s efforts to eliminate Indigenous democracy. Against this theoretical and empirical background, it considers whether the recent referendum for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament was just a colonial legacy or represented a pathway towards a shared postcolonial democratic future.
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Pub Date : 2024-07-23DOI: 10.1177/11771801241261729
Arianna Nisa-Waller (Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui, Te Kapotai), Yvette Hall, Liza Edmonds (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Whātua)
This study aims to explore the impacts of COVID-19 on birthing for wāhine (women) and whānau (immediate and extended family) in Aotearoa (New Zealand) during the lockdowns of 2020 and 2021. This rangahau (research) provided whānau with an opportunity to share their whakawhānau (birthing process) experiences via interviews. The data were analysed through interpretative phenomenological analysis. Themes identified in the results included the importance of whānau tautoko (family support), the experiences of isolation and trauma, and the effect of birthing under COVID-19 restrictions. Indigeneity was a core identity that was crucial to maintain, during these sacred times. Whakawhānau is a pivotal transition with the potential to engage with medical services. The findings of this study contribute to the knowledge of whānau Māori (Māori [Indigenous peoples of New Zealand] families) experiences to enhance service provision.
{"title":"Whānau (immediate and extended family) lived experiences of whakawhānau (birthing process) during COVID-19 in Aotearoa (New Zealand): an exploratory analysis","authors":"Arianna Nisa-Waller (Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui, Te Kapotai), Yvette Hall, Liza Edmonds (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Whātua)","doi":"10.1177/11771801241261729","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/11771801241261729","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to explore the impacts of COVID-19 on birthing for wāhine (women) and whānau (immediate and extended family) in Aotearoa (New Zealand) during the lockdowns of 2020 and 2021. This rangahau (research) provided whānau with an opportunity to share their whakawhānau (birthing process) experiences via interviews. The data were analysed through interpretative phenomenological analysis. Themes identified in the results included the importance of whānau tautoko (family support), the experiences of isolation and trauma, and the effect of birthing under COVID-19 restrictions. Indigeneity was a core identity that was crucial to maintain, during these sacred times. Whakawhānau is a pivotal transition with the potential to engage with medical services. The findings of this study contribute to the knowledge of whānau Māori (Māori [Indigenous peoples of New Zealand] families) experiences to enhance service provision.","PeriodicalId":45786,"journal":{"name":"Alternative-An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples","volume":"167 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141779416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-07-23DOI: 10.1177/11771801241262389
Rosa Evelia Sanchez Garcia
The main purpose of the article is to provide insights into the prevalence of internal and external organ illnesses in Brokenhead Ojibwa (Indigenous peoples of southern Canada and Midwestern USA) Nation, and their relationship with those cultural variables that the scholarly literature indicates as determinants of Indigenous health. The data were collected through a household survey. Both the descriptive results and correlation analysis indicate that hunting and trapping are negatively correlated with external organ illnesses. Likewise, education and income are negatively correlated with external and internal organ illness prevalence.
{"title":"Culture and health outcomes for a First Nation community","authors":"Rosa Evelia Sanchez Garcia","doi":"10.1177/11771801241262389","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/11771801241262389","url":null,"abstract":"The main purpose of the article is to provide insights into the prevalence of internal and external organ illnesses in Brokenhead Ojibwa (Indigenous peoples of southern Canada and Midwestern USA) Nation, and their relationship with those cultural variables that the scholarly literature indicates as determinants of Indigenous health. The data were collected through a household survey. Both the descriptive results and correlation analysis indicate that hunting and trapping are negatively correlated with external organ illnesses. Likewise, education and income are negatively correlated with external and internal organ illness prevalence.","PeriodicalId":45786,"journal":{"name":"Alternative-An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141779425","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-07-23DOI: 10.1177/11771801241261718
Mally Stelmaszyk, Leonid Sungorkin
This article is about the ways in which shamanic practice is engaged in navigating and responding to the current climatic and geopolitical crisis in Far East Siberia, Russia, through proposing experimental multiversal projects. It traces the manner in which a Nanai (Indigenous peoples of Siberia, Russia; literally, people of the Earth) sama (shaman), hereafter, shaman, brings together diverse techniques, such as shamanic dreams, storytelling, Christian prayers and game playing to materialise fragile moments of what this article names ontological porosity between different systems of knowing-being-doing. Focusing further on the tensions that this process implies, the article offers reflections on the notions of protest movements and resistance in areas of enforced silence and neglect.
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